Christmas Stampin' All Year Long

This week's challenge over at Christmas Stampin' All Year Long is... This week we want to see all that sparkly stuff - glitter, Stickles, glaze pens.  Whatever will make your holiday project super sparkly is what we want to see!

Here it is...

Materials:
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Fancy Pants Designs - Saint Nick - Tinsel
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Northwoods Rubber Stamps - 08284 - Cardinal NOEL,
Misc.: Copic markers, stardust and xmas red stickles,

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long

This week's card design for Christmas Stampin' All Year Long is keeping things clean and simple -- a lot harder than you might think!

Here's my card:

Materials:
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black and Rhubarb Stalk, Inky Antics - Marshmallow Friends
Cutting/Embossing: Spellbinder's Nestabilities - Scalloped and Standard circles, labels
Misc.: Copic markers, Ribbon and jewel embellishments from Michael's

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long

This week's theme over at Christmas Stampin' All Year Long is to create a Christmas card suitable for a teacher....

I used an older Sweet Stop Sketch as a starting point for the layout.

Materials:
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, K & Co - Brenda Walton Peppermint Twist I believe,
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black and Paris Dusk, LOTV - Ski Jump, Sentiment from misc. holiday set
Cutting/Embossing: Spellbinder's Shapeabilities - Mittens, Nestabilities - Pennants; Fiskars scallop border punch
Misc.: Copic markers, stardust stickles, flowersoft - polar white, twine from The Twinery, button and jewel embellishments from Michael's

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long

This week's challenge over at Christmas Stampin' All Year Long was truly a learning experience -- be sure to head over there and check out the links to all the fancy card folding/cutting!

The challenge is to...

So, why don't we get a little Fancy Shmancy this week?

Try a new fold this week - something fun, something fabulous, something DIFFERENT!

Here's mine (a buckle card)...

Materials:

Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Bo Bunny - 12" Noel Stripe

Stamps/Inks: Versafine onyx black, ranger superfine clear embossing powder, Memento - Tuxedo Black, Paper Smooches - Swanky snowdudes (sentiment), Penny Black - Exhilarating Ski

Cutting/Embossing: Cricut - Sure Cuts a lot 2 - buckle card template from SVG Cuts.com, Martha Stewart snowflake border punch, Spellbinder's Nestabilities - standard circles

Misc.: Copic markers, stardust stickles, twine from The Twinery, ribbon and button from Michael's, white gel pen

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long

This week's challenge over at Christmas Stampin' All Year Long is to make a holiday card with a monochromatic color scheme.

Here it is (in shades of blue green)....

Materials:
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Dear Lizzy+American Crafts - Christmas Snowy Sidewalks
Stamps/Inks: Versacolor - 21 Green, sentiment from Fiskars holiday set, CCS - Sugarplums - Polar Bear
Misc.: Stardust Stickles, twine from The Twinery

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long

The challenge over at Christmas Stampin' All Year Long was really tough this week... to use non-traditional colors in a Christmas card (no green or red).

Here's mine...

Materials
Paper: Misc. Bazzil cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Onyx black versafine, ranger superfine clear embossing powder, sentiment from a Fiskars set, Whipper Snapper Designs - A Warm Winter Drink
Cutting/Embossing: Spellbinder's - scalloped ovals and rectangles, Cuttlebug embossing folder
Misc: Copic markers, stardust stickles, twine from The Twinery

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long

I really enjoyed playing along at Christmas Stampin' All Year Long (and let's face it, the holidays aren't THAT far away, and it's not a bad idea to start the Christmas card stash), so I may try to make this a weekly endeavor.

This week's challenge is to create a card that is based on/inspired by this sweet photo from Bakerella...

Colors - white, yellow, pink, green. Theme - sweet treats...So may ways to use this sketch!

Here's my card:

I fear this card is a little "loud" in the color department, but it'll work for someone on the list this holiday season.

Materials:
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Crate Paper - Snow Day Collection - Flakes
Stamps/Inks: Versafine - Black, Ranger superfine clear embossing powder, WhipperSnapper Designs - Hot Cocoa Time, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps - Cup of Cocoa, Memento - Rich Cocoa
Misc.: Copic markers, stardust stickles, Cappuccino twine from The Twinery